3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, n. [OF. foillage fueillage F. feuillage
fr OF foille, fueille fueil, F. feulle leaf, L. folium.
See 3d {Foil}, and cf {Foliation}, {Filemot}.]
1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature;
leafage; as a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.
2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially,
the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in
architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals,
friezes, pediments, etc
{Foliage plant} (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty
of its leaves, as many kinds of {Begonia} and {Coleus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Foliage \Fo"li*age\, v. t.
To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form
into the representation of leaves. [R.] --Drummond.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
foliage
n 1: the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher
plants [syn: {leaf}, {leafage}]
2: (architecture) leaf-like decoration [syn: {foliation}]
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